lettering

06/03/2016

This has to be my favourite pattern for cross stitch lettering. I adore the tiny roses which overlay each letter and the ornate nature of the letters themselves. I have this piece of white cotton cloth, it's small (around 10 x 10 inches) which has scattered letters and hexagons embroidered on the surface and I now want to do something else with it. Would a lace edge work I wonder? Would this cotton piece live amongst lace pieces of a similar size?

There's only one way to find out.....so later today I will make lace and embroider its surface with tiny cross stitch roses.

05/15/2016

A glimpse for you of what's happening in class, what I am getting fired up about in addition to my mini sample portfolios. You can see my first page here, my colour study, as yet unfinished. There is stuff going on over more pages....sorry, can't show you that but it does involve the alphabet embroidery you can see here. The lace, the lace with lettering....I have plans for that, for a lace like structure which will happen in class but which will not form part of a page in my story book so I will share that with you as I progress.

I hope you enjoyed seeing this. For me it provides a contrast to working on the mini samples, equally as enjoyable but very, very different to embroider and plan.

01/06/2015

This piece will live with this piece and form a collection, at least that's the plan. The next one is already taking shape in my head so that's me on track to have a minimum of three pieces. There may be more but there won't be less.

This work, with lettering, hexagons and cross stitch is evolving in ''swathed in stitch''. I'm working them hard already over there.

The pocket from yesterday is now finished. It is backed, it's turned and the edges have been titivated. I will show you that tomorrow. I now have five pockets, three for the hankie cloth and two for London. I need more. How many? Haven't a clue but I may piece another one later today and I must make more buttons. That's my afternoon taken care of.